Bass drum and cymbal beater



Feb. 20, 1923. 1,445,650. P C H; STRUPE.

BASS DRUM AND CYMBAL BEATER. man JULY 11.1921. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Feb. 20, 1923. C. H. STRUPE.

BASS DRUM AND CYMBAL BEATER.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FILED JULY 11; 1921.

Patented Feb. 20, 1923.

CECIL H. STRUPE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA,

ASSIGNOR TO LEEDY MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

BASS DRUM AND CYMBAL BEATER.

Application filed July 11,

To alt axle/n, may com-61w:

ilc it known that I, Linc-iii H. S'rnUrn, a citizen of the United States, residing at 111 dianapolis. in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Bass Drum and Cymbal Beater, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and efficient device by means of which a drummer may. by foot, beat the bass drum and cymbal simultanemisly or beat the drum alone.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Fig. l is a perspective view of my improved devitxe in operative position adjacent the drain and cymbal; Fig. 2 is a. vertical section of the device, the full lines indicating the positions of the parts when themain pedal is partially depressed and dotted lines indicating position of the parts when the main pedal is fully depressed; and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with both pedals :tully depressed.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a suitable standard provided at its top with a yoke 11 and at its bottom with a clamp 12 adapted to engage the rim of a bass drum, and a hinge 13 to which the main. toot pedal 14 is pivoted.

Pivoted at 15 in yoke ll is a swinging head 16 which is perforated to receive the arm 17 of the beater 18, said stem being removably held. in any desired position of longitudinal adjustment in head 16 by the thumhscrew 19. Head 16 is provided with perforated arm 20 which carries a springlink 21 comprising two arms which may be hooked into the eyes such as 22 in each of the fingers 23 which are a part of pedal 14 and. straddle standard 10.

Pivoted. at 24.- on standard 10 is a yoke or saddle member 25 provided with a pair of upstanding arms 26, 26 in the upper end of? each of which is formed an eye 27 in which is journaled a rockshartt 2S n'ovided with an intermediate crank 21). which lies between arms 26. 2G. Shaft 28 at one end is extended into a cymbal beater arm ill) which carries a. heater head 31 at its outer end.

Saddle 25 is normally and yicldingly held in the position shOWn in full lines in Fig. 2 by means of. a spring 32 attached there to and engaging standard 10. A. spring 33, somewhat lighter than spring 32 is 1921. Serial N0. 483,785.

attached to saddle and extended upwardi) so as to engage crank 29 and normally lAUl l it in the posnion shown in lull lines H y Praddle 2o -s a depending arm 34, the lower e which is bent out to form supplemental pedal. 35. which is arranged alon ide the main pedal i4.

1 igingiitklii it is provided on its nndersii. u an arm or cam linger 36 to which is pivoted a yoke 37. which lies under an adjusting nut :55 threaded upon the upper cm. of a rod 19. the lower end of which connected to the upper end of spring to, which at its lower end. is attached to standard 1.0, the arrangement being such that the arm 17. pedal 14 and connected parts are normally held in the position shown in Fig. 1.

The arm or cam finger 36 is so formed and positioned that, when pedal let is brought to the. PUSlllUll shown in full lines in Fig. 2, said arm will engage crank'29, and further downward movement of? pedal l t will swing the heater arm 30 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, thereby causing the beater head 31 to strike the cymbal ll. at the same time that beater 1.8 strikes the drum 42.

lVhen the operator desires to beat the drum without sounding the cymbal, he will shift his foot laterally upon the pedal 14 until it will engage the supplemental pedal 35] whereupon depression ot' the two pedals sinimltaneously will swing the beater head 18 into engagement with the drum and will swing the saddle 25 to the position shown in Fig. 3. the

crank 29 being thus retracted trom the path or movement of the cam finger 36 so that the cymbal beater head will. not be driven into engagement with the cymbal.

I claim as my invention:

1. A drum and cymbal beater comprising a ma in sup port, a swinging drum beater arm mounted on the support a. main pedal connected to said drum heater arm, a cymbal beater arm inter-engageable means carried by the swinging drum beater armand the cymbal beater arm whereby movement of the swinging drum beater arm may cause movement of the cymbal. beater arm, a movable support for the cymbal beater arm, and a supplemental pedal by means of which the cymbal beater arm may be withdrawn from interengageable position relative to the swinging beater arm.

2. A drum and cymbal beater comprising amain support, a swinging drum beater arm mounted on said support, a main pedal connected to said beater arm, a cymbal beater arm support movably mounted upon the main support and providedwith a supplemental pedal by which its position may be controlled, a cymbal beater arm movably mounted on said movable support, and means controlled by the main pedal for engaging the cymbal beater arm to move it upon its support.

3. A drum and cymbal beater comprising a main support,'a swinging drum beater arm mounted on said support, a main pedal connected to said drum beat-er arm, a cymbal beater arm support movably mounted upon the main support aiicl'proviclecl with a supplemental pedal by which its position may be controlled, a cymbal beater arm movably mounted on said movably supported sup port, and means carried by the swinging drum beater arm for engaging the cymbal beater arm and moving it upon its support toward striking position.

4. A drum and cymbalbeater comprising a main support, a swinging drum beater arnrmounted on said support, a pedal connected to said drum beater arm, a cymbal beater arui support movably mounted upon the main support and provided with a supplemental pedal by which its position may be controlled, a cranked cymbal beater arm journaled on said cymbal beater arm support, an'l means carried by the swinging drum beater arm for engaging the crank of the cymbal beater arm to swing the cymbal beater to beating position.

5. A drum and cymbal beater comprising amain support, a swinging drum beater arm na lasso mounted on said support, a pedal connected with said arm for operating the same,a eym bal beater arm movably carried on said support, means carried by said drum beater arm for engaging said cymbal beating arm to cause the same to act in unison with said drum beating arm, and means operable with said pedal for moving said cymbal beater arm out oi engaging position relative to said engaging means.

6. it drum and cymbal beater comprising main support, a swinging drum beater arm mounted on said support, a main pedal connected to said drum beater arm for operating the same, a cymbalbeater arm movably supported on said support, means on said drum beater arm for operating said cymbalbeater arm to cause the same to beat in unison with the drum beater arm, and a supplemental pedal operable with said main pedal tor n'ioving said cymbal beater arm out 01"" operating range of said cymbal beater arm operating means.

T. A drum and cymbal beater comprising a main support, a swinging drum beater arm mounted thereon, a main pedal connected to said drum beater arm, means on said drum beater arm for operating a 'cyin bal beater arm, a supplemental support, a cymbal beater armmounted on saidsupplemental support, said supplemental support being shiitable to shift said cymbal beater arm into or out of operative engagement with said cymbal beater operating means, and a supplemental pedal operable with said main pedal for shifting said supplemental support. 7 a

In witness whereof, I Cnon, H. S'rnurn have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 7th day of July, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

CECIL H. STRUPE. 

